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Do Go On

319 - Vincent Gigante, The Oddfather

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

On this episode we track the rise of 'The Five Families' of New York City's Mafia and in particular follow the life of Vincent "The Chin" Gigante. Also nicknamed "The Oddfather," Gigante was a mob boss who faked illness for DECADES to avoid being brought to justice.


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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/obituaries/vincent-gigante-mob-boss-who-feigned-incompetence-to-avoid-jail.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Salvatore-Maranzano

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lucky-Luciano

https://www.sunjournal.com/2005/12/20/mafia-oddfather-vincent-chin-gigante-dies-us-prison-77/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5gqpzk/the-strange-saga-of-the-odd-father-the-mob-boss-who-faked-mental-illness



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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On. My name is Jess Perkins and as always

0:17.8

I'm here with Matt Stewart and Dave Warnakie.

0:21.0

Hey Jess, so good to be here. So great to be here. Off the mic we said we'll just get straight

0:27.1

into the episode this week. No mucking around. Hang on a second.

0:30.9

But I did it perfectly. Absolutely nailed it. While we're here Jess, would you like to explain

0:34.7

to a new listener what this podcast is all about?

0:37.6

Seeing as I'm on a roll, yes. So what we do each week is one of us goes away, researchers

0:42.8

the topic brings it back to the other two and tells them that tale. The other two politely

0:47.9

listen, sometimes interrupt with questions, queries or comments.

0:55.3

Yeah, sometimes some tedious assides happen. Sometimes it reminds us of a thing we saw

1:00.4

one time. Some personal life stories you don't need to know.

1:03.4

And you don't care about but we tell them anyway and we always get onto the topic with

1:07.5

a question and Dave, this week it is your turn to do the report. Have you got a question?

1:13.2

I do have a question for both of you and here it is the first post block topic. So hopefully

1:18.7

this doesn't disappoint drag. I'm bored or anything. We're hung over from block but hey,

1:24.5

we're rocking into this topic. But I mean as festive season, we're leading up to

1:28.6

Krishmish, Tommy Yees. So there's a whole new reason to be happy and joyful and checking

1:34.6

your lists and checking it again. Well, Christmas. Yeah. Well now we're feeling better. What

1:40.5

is the answer to this question? What is made up of the so called five families?

1:46.7

Ooh, water, earth, wind, fire, hot, go, fun man. Did we get it? Yeah, absolutely.

1:56.9

I'm RT with the power of heart, slat, butt, the five. What was it? Is the five families?

2:01.6

Is that a mafia thing? It is the New York City mafia. Ooh, that's exciting.

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